Watch-fob.



No. 843,049. PATENTBD PEB. 5, 1907. c. WALLERSTEDT.

WATCH FOB.

APPLIOATION FILED Nov. 5. 1906.

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UNITED sTAT E-s CHARLES WALLERSTEDT,

OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

WATCH-FOB.

Specification of Letters IPatent.

Patented'Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed November 5, 1906. Serial No. 342.058.

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Be it known that I, CHARLES VALLEE- sTEDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVatch-Fobs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in watch-fobs; and it consists in the novel construction of fob more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front face View of my improved fob. Fig. 2 is a front face of the frame portion thereof, the ornamental button being removed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of Fig. 2 with part of the leather casing broken away to show the metal ring of the frame. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line 4 4 of Fig. 3, showing in dotted outline the position of the button. Fig. 5 is a rear view of the button detached, and Fig. 6 is a transverse section on line 6 6 of Fig. 5. The object of my invention is to construct a fob which will be sufficiently weighted to insure a permanent and proper suspension therefor from the pocket of the wearer, one provided with an ornamental section or face which is removable from the body of the fob, thereby permitting the insertion of different designs or ornaments to be used or worn at special functions, gatherings, meetings, entertainments, and the like; one which is serviceable under all conditions, and one possessing further and other advantages bet,- ter apparent from a detailed description of the invention, which is as follows:

Referring to the drawings, l represents a (preferably) metallic ring circular in crosssection, which is inclosed in an annular casing preferably of leather, said casing being formed by pressing the edges of a sheet or web of leather 2 around the periphery of the ring, so as to virtually embrace one-half of said ring, the portion of the sheet within the ring occupying a plane tangent to the rear face of the ring. Upon the back of-the sheet 2 is placed a second sheet 3, the two sheets being then sewed along the inner and outer edges of the ring, thus completely incasing the latter. The back sheet 3 before being sewed in the manner indicated is stretched taut, the centers of the two sheets being then subsequently connected by a socket 4, to which is clenched a stud 5 for a purpose presently to appear. The sheets are extended into a transversely-slotted tongue t, which couplesthe incased ring toa strap 6, which in turn is attached to the watch (not shown) of the wearer.

The ring l, with the front leather sheet 2 pressed over it, as described, and with the back sheet 3, sewed thereto in the manner indicated, forms a basin or cup shaped frame into which may be inserted the detachable button forming the ornamental section of the fob. This button is composed of an outer dished plate 7, bearing a picture or design D and preferably an enamel finish, the edges of said dished plate being folded rearwardly and clenched over a ring or band 8, which in turn secures in position a leather disk 9 between the band and the dished plate 7.

The disk 9 is provided with a central socket l0, into which the stud 5 snaps, the

Aparts 'fastening on the order of a glove-fastener. The picture thus forms an ornamen tal panel within the frame referred to, and, when occasion demands it may be detached and a new picture or ornament inserted. The back sheet 3 must be stretched taut, so that it will hold the ornamental panel well within its frame and with a certain degree of tension. While I prefer a leather support for. the picture, any equivalent material stretched across the ring and forming the back of the frame may be substituted.

vI-Iaving described my invention, what I claim isl. A fob comprising an outer ring, a casing therefor, a web or sheet stretched across the ring and integral with said casing, and an ornamental button adapted to be received within the ring and detachably coupled to the web.

2. A fob comprising a weighted annular ring, a front web or sheet Spread across the same and having its edges pressed around the ring and its center forced into a plane tangent with the rear face of the ring thereby forming a basin or receptacle, a rear sheet stretched taut across the ring and sewed to the first-named4 sheet along the inner and outer edges of the ring, an ornamental button adapted to be received by the basin andencomp assed by the ring, and means for locking the button to the web forming the bottom of the basin.

3. A fob comprising a weighted annular ring, a front web or sheet spread. across the ringy and having its edges pressed to encomllO pass the front peripheral portion of the ring 1 4. A fob comprising an outer ring, Webs and With its center forced to a plane substan stretched across the saine and disposed in a tially tangent to the rear face of the ring, a l plane tangent to one of the i'aces of the ring', 15 rear Web or sheet stretched taut across the thereby forming a basin-shaped frame, and ring and sewed to the first sheet along' the an ornamental button received by said basin. inner and outer edges of the ring, the sheets In testimony whereof I affix niy signature having tongue extensions beyond the ring, a in presence ol two Witnesses.

central stud secured to the Webs of the ring, CHARLES TALLERSTEDT an ornamental button having a rear disk and a front plate, and a socket on the disk to enlitnessesz gage the stud on the Webs of the ring, the EMIL STAREK,

Whole being suspended from a suitable strap. MARY D. WHITCOMB. 

